Heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa region will be 60 times higher by the end of the century if no climate action is taken, researchers say.
In the study published in the British medical journal The Lancet, the researchers explained that it is expected that about 123 people out of every 100,000 people are expected to die, compared to two people out of every 100,000 now, more than any other region in the world, according to the British news agency (BA Media).
The research found that Iranians would suffer the most, with 423 deaths per 100,000 people, while in Palestine, Iraq, and Israel, more than 160 people would die per 100,000.
By comparison, Britain will see a rise from three to nine deaths per 100,000 people by the 2020s.
The researchers found that more than 80% of these deaths could be prevented if the global average temperature was kept at 2°C above pre-industrial levels, the target set in the Paris Agreement.
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